The World's First Commercial Passenger Flight - A Historic Moment in Aviation

History Photographed on Instagram: "The Pitts Sky Car was an experimental, vertical take-off aircraft designed by inventor John W. Pitts in the 1920s. ⁠ ⁠ Despite its ingenious design, the prototype failed to achieve flight and was known for erratically bouncing and rotating on the ground.⁠ ⁠ Despite its failure, the Pitts Sky Car represents the ingenuity of early 20th-century aviation pioneers and their contributions to the development of vertical-lift aircraft.⁠ ⁠ It demonstrates the technical

UNILAD on Instagram: "This is the only way to deal with people hogging the arm rest 🤣⁠ ⁠ The world’s first commercial airline flight took off on January 1, 1914, when pilot Tony Jannus flew a Benoist XIV flying boat from St. Petersburg to Tampa, Florida ✈️⁠ ⁠ Operated by the St. Petersburg–Tampa Airboat Line, the 23-minute journey carried one paying passenger and became the first scheduled, ticketed air service in history.⁠ ⁠ Built by early aviation pioneers linked to Orville Wright, the flight